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Make sure you have the hammock set up how you want it when you set it up initially. That is, don't set it up knowing its not at the right height/sag you want it under the assumption you 'will just fix it later.' that never seems to happen for me.

Hang the suspension higher on the trees than you think you need to.
Hang the hammock with more sag than you you think is reasonable

I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn

While it has yet to happen to me, I've been witness to it 3 times now.

When it is dark and you are climbing into the hammock, be sure (absolutely sure) that what you are preparing to sit on is actually the hammock and not the underquilt.

Particularly if it is an HH with an unslit UQ. {Whistles wistfully and glances around to make sure no one is paying attention.}

I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn

Change you site selection process. When I tented I looked for small footprint spaces. That don't work with the tarps hammocks use. Now I look for tree spacing/quality and wind orientation. Make the jump in mindset.

I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn

While it has yet to happen to me, I've been witness to it 3 times now.

When it is dark and you are climbing into the hammock, be sure (absolutely sure) that what you are preparing to sit on is actually the hammock and not the underquilt.

Haha - happened to me on the Foothills Trail...but I rolled out like a Ninja and came out looking tough anyway.

Happened to Erik (using my gear) at Mt Rogers in January. He sat on the underquilt and broke the shockcord on one side of the underquilt suspension...then climbed in and went to sleep anyway. Didn't even complain about being cold, either. Dude's a machine.

“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall when the wise are banished from the public councils because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.” ~Judge Joseph Story